Copyright Registration

Copyright Registration in India

Copyright Registration in India – Procedure and Evidentiary Value

Among the most persistent misconceptions in Indian intellectual property practice is the belief that copyright must be registered to exist. Authors, artists, software developers, filmmakers, and businesses that create original works routinely ask whether they need to register their copyright before they can enforce it, and whether an unregistered work attracts the full protection of […]

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India TV Independent News Service Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Yashraj Films Pvt. Ltd.

Delhi High Court (Division Bench) | FAO(OS) 583/2011 & 584/2011 | 21 August 2012 | Pradeep Nandrajog & Manmohan Singh, JJ. Background Yashraj Films Pvt. Ltd., the respondent, held copyright in the sound recordings and cinematographic films of several commercially successful Bollywood productions, including Bunty Aur Babli, Nayak, Lagaan, Aks, Main Hoon Na, Salam Namaste,

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